• # Vote Whio
    # Vote Whio

    Help us make whio this year’s
    Bird of the Year – click here to vote

    # Vote Whio
  • Free Educational Resources
    Free Educational Resources

    We’ve just added a whole bunch of new whio educational resources including infographic posters and an awesome ‘Stoats and Rivers’ game. Download them now.

     

    Free Educational Resources
  • Play the Whio Boot Camp Game
    Play the Whio Boot Camp Game

    Have fun learning about the whio as you play the Whio Boot Camp game.

     

    Play the Whio Boot Camp Game
  • The Whio Forever Project
    The Whio Forever Project

    There’s only a few thousand Whio, our Blue Duck, left in New Zealand. Genesis Energy and the Department of Conservation are working together to make sure our rivers will have Whio, forever.

    The Whio Forever Project
Your closest Whio location is
Auckland Zoo
Auckland Zoo

Auckland Zoo is one of the easiest places to get up close to a whio with a designated enclosure for the blue duck. There's two breeding pairs at the zoo, five chicks and more chicks ...

Whio cannot be kept with other species of ducks because they fight too much.
WHIO ARE WITH THE SAME PARTNER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR and some will be partners for life